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In partnership with the Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute® and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions® (SCAI), the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation® (MHIF) hosted the CT for PCI Course 2.0 on October 24-25, 2024. This conference was a physician led educational event focused on the use of coronary computed tomography angiography, a non-invasive imaging modality, to guide percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes.

The course was hosted by MHIF’s Center for Coronary Artery Disease and led by course directors Drs. Yader Sandoval, Emmanouil Brilakis, João Cavalcante, and Carlos Collet. Attendees included international and national key opinion leaders (KOL), including interventional cardiologists, cardiac imagers, radiologists, trainees, researchers and industry partners who came to learn about this modern PCI approach. It was a full day and a half filled with lectures, debates and vibrant discussions, along with hands-on training with different planning software for pre-procedural planning, and four interactive live cases broadcasted from Abbott Northwestern Hospital.

CT-guided PCI uses coronary computed tomography (CT) imaging to provide detailed views of coronary arteries, including non-invasive assessments of plaque composition and physiology to allow for pre-procedural planning. MHIF is part of the ongoing P4 randomized trial, aimed at documenting the efficacy of CT-guided PCI, compared to routine intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guided PCI, and enrolled the first patient in the United States in August of 2024.

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About the Center for Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world. As part of its mission to create a world without heart and vascular disease, MHIF has built a reputation as one of the world’s most distinguished champions in the fight against coronary artery disease (CAD) and established its Center for Coronary Artery Disease.

Under the leadership of Dr. Emmanouil Brilakis, along with Drs. Yader Sandoval and Nicholas Burke, MHIF’s Center for Coronary Artery Disease works to decrease the burden of CAD through research, innovation and education. An internationally recognized research institute, MHIF is integrated with a high-quality, high-volume cardiovascular care center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, which allows access to study and offer cutting-edge treatment to a large number of patients with CAD.